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1 janvier 2016
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contrastive account of causation counterfactual conditional general causation singular causation explanationSujets proches
Causality Effect and cause Cause and effect Final causeCiter ce document
Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen, « A Reply to Céspedes’ Defense of Causal Contrastivism », Crítica (México, D.F.), ID : 10670/1.0aig2q
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SUMMARY: In a recent article in this journal, Esteban Céspedes (2015) seeks to defend the contrastive account of singular causation from my criticisms (Steglich-Petersen 2012). Céspedes objects to my argument on three counts: (1) it is circular in presupposing a principle that it seeks to establish; (2) that same principle is false; and (3) even if the principle were true, it would not speak against the contrastive account. In this note I argue that all three objections are unconvincing.